HardwareHelper.exe
Hardware Helper by Driver Information Technology Co. (Signed)
Warning 4 antivirus scanners has detected malware in various versions of HardwareHelper.exe.
Overview
hardwarehelper.exe has 3 known versions, the most recent one is 12.00.1211. hardwarehelper.exe is run as a standard windows process with the logged in user's account privileges. During installation the program adds a job to the Task Scheduler. The average file size is about 2.51 MB. It is an authenticode code-signed executable issued to Driver Information Technology Co. by the certification authority VeriSign. Some variations of the file have been seen to be installed with the program Hardware Helper from Driver-Soft Inc.. During the process's lifecycle, the typical CPU resource utilization is less than 0.01%, the average private memory consumption is about 49.31 MB with the maximum memory reaching around 57.51 MB.
What is hardwarehelper.exe?
Hardware Helper is a software application designed to check the PC's currently installed drivers against a database of available drivers for a number of software and device hardware applications. If driver updates are available the software will automatically download them from the manufacturers web site and install them.
About hardwarehelper.exe (from Driver Information Technology Co.)
“Hardware Helper takes the hassle out of adding or updating Windows devices. Driver updates from most manufacturers are provided at no cost, but they're often difficult to locate and match to your devi”
 Details
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| File name: | hardwarehelper.exe |
| Publisher: | Driver-Soft Inc. |
| Product name: | Hardware Helper |
| Typical file path: | C:\Program Files\driver-soft\hardwarehelper\hardwarehelper.exe |
| Certificate |
| Issued to: | Driver Information Technology Co. |
| Authority (CA): | VeriSign |
| Expiration date: | Tuesday, July 8, 2014 |
Programs installed in
(Note, the programs listed below are for all versions of Hardware Helper.)
Hardware Helper is a software application designed to check the PC's currently installed drivers against a database of available drivers for a number of software and device hardware applications. If d...
Behaviors
(Note, the behaviors below are for all versions of hardwarehelper.exe, select a unique version for details.)
Scheduled tasks
- Entry path '\{8EC9D1E6-6C93-4DDB-B502-6FC8EEDDE7EE}'
- Entry path '\{D4F67436-6F53-4E3B-8B5A-3C9BEA080494}'
Malware detections
Based on 40+ industry antivirus scanners, 4 of them detected the following malware.
| Antivirus engine | Engine version | Detection | File version |
| AVG |
2014.0.3629 |
DriverCleaner.A |
11.00.1126 |
| AVG |
2014.0.3629 |
DriverCleaner.A |
11.00.1136 |
| Clam AntiVirus |
0.97.3.0 |
PUA.Packed.ASPack |
11.00.1126 |
| Trend Micro HouseCall |
9.700.0.1001 |
TROJ_GEN.F47V0824 |
11.00.1136 |
All file variations of hardwarehelper.exe
